The Environmental Food Crisis

Publication Date: 2009

In 2008 food prices surged plunging millions back into hunger and triggering riots from Egypt to Haiti and Cameroon to Bangladesh. In order to understand the factors underpinning the food crisis and to assess trends, UNEP commissioned a Rapid Response team of internal and international experts. Their conclusions are presented in this report, published in 2009 and launched during UNEP’s 25th Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum.